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One person was killed and 10 were injured when a minibus crashed in the Harding area on Sunday, KwaZulu-Natal emergency medical services said. One of the injured was in a critical condition, said spokesman Robert Mckenzie. The patients were transferred to St Andrews hospital for further care. The police would …

A case of attempted murder is being investigated after a man shot and wounded a woman in Factoria, Krugersdorp, Gauteng police said on Sunday. Just after 7pm on Friday, the man and a 36-year-old woman were in the man’s green Toyota Corolla in a secluded area when they began arguing, …

Eastern Cape police have arrested a man for raping a woman at her home in Ngonyama in the Dutywa area, a spokesman said on Sunday. Spokesman Captain Jackson Manatha said the man overpowered the woman during the attack at around noon on Saturday, and raped her. She reported the rape …

Lawyers for Lts-Col Christine Anderson and Stefan van Zyl will approach a high court if the army does not make a decision about their prosecution over the Gupta controversy soon, Beeld reported on Wednesday. According to a legal letter sent to the SA National Defence Force, which Beeld said it …

EFF leader Julius Malema has warned that his party will disrupt President Jacob Zuma’s state of the nation address, if the leader does not appear before Parliament for a question and answer session, the City Press reported on Sunday. Malema sent a two-page letter to Parliamentary Speaker Baleka Mbete requesting …

A 12-year-old is expected to appear in the Germiston Magistrate’s Court on Monday on a charge of attempted murder, Gauteng police said. “A case of attempted murder and possession of unlicensed firearm was opened against the boy and [he] was arrested,” said Sergeant Phora Nkuna. The boy, who is the …

A recent reshuffle in the DA-led Western Cape government had nothing to do with quotas of Afrikaner representatives, former Health MEC Theuns Botha said on Saturday. “The media speculation of any sinister reason for Minister [NomaFrench] Mbombo and I swopping portfolios is unfounded and untrue,” said Botha in a statement. …

A girl, 15, was murdered in Daveyton near Benoni, Actonville police said on Saturday. “The half-naked body was found covered in blood with her throat cut open with [a] sharp object on Saturday morning at about 6am,” said Major Mack Mngomezulu. The body was found in Pulane Street. The motive …

A baby boy who was 12 days old when he was abducted from Cape Town’s Groote Schuur hospital on New Year’s Day, has been found, Western Cape police said on Saturday. Spokesman Captain FC van Wyk said a 24-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with the crime. “Investigations led …

Eight people were injured in two separate accidents in Malvern, near Durban, paramedics said on Thursday. Five people were injured when two cars collided at around 6.30pm on Wednesday on Ridley Park Road, said Rescue Care spokesman Garrith Jamieson. The patients were stabilised before being transported to various Durban hospitals. …